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Page 4 The Daily Nebraskan Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1966 itiuiiiiiitiiimmiii Scent IFrom The fM s ICrowd By Ole Red As Told To James Pearse This is the place where the individual fan can stand out in the crowd. Ole Red will be sniffing around each week in an attempt dig up the opinion of the student-fan on issues involving the University of Nebraska athletic program. During the past few weeks, Nebraska's nationally prominent basketball team has been coming under criticism from some corners. The criticism stems from recent games in which the Huskers abandoned their run and press attack after gaining a big lead, and then have had to fight for their lives to preserve victory. Coach Joe Cipriano had an answer to such criticism after the Oklahoma game on Monday night. In a radio interview the coach said, "No matter where you are or what you read, if you win on the road, that's what counts. We are real pleased with the delay game. u won tne game tor us. The coach continued with the philosophy of his coaching. "You have to be versatile to win. You have to be able to change the tempo of the game to win. We played the tempo we wanted to in order to win tonight." And what does Student-fan think of Nebraska basketball, and Coach Cipriano's philosophy? "The national ranking is impressive," says Bill Morgan ofBellvue." "It is good for two sports to win. It causes the uni versity to grow;" -continues the junior majoring in business. Morgan, expressing his opinion of the way Nebraska has beta winning, says, "Sit on the lead if you can. We've had too many close games, though. That helps the box office." In conclusion Morgan says, "As a spectator, I feel more proud when the team scores more." Kathy Fleming, a graduate student from Antioch. Cali fornia, comments, "If the team is at the top it is fun to write home about them." Miss Flemming was very succinct when it came to the way Nebraska is playing basketball. "It all depends on how pooped they get. If they can run all the time, fine. If they can't, they can't." She continued, "If they play good enough ball to win they can slack off a little, but not much." "I like Mr. Cipriano's idea of tempo," Miss Fleming con cluded. "It is fine as long as the team doesn't set a pattern of changing the tempo so that the other teams can analyze it" "I think it is a good idea to have two sports to support. It keeps the school spirit high," says John Bona, an Omaha freshman. He continues, "It is true of any team that gets ahead in a game. You relax. If we keep winning it's okay with me." Bona feels if we keep 'winning criticism is bound to come up, however, "It is important to change the style of the game, change the tempo. You can't go full strength for a full game. Not even the pros." Bona's conclusion, "It is an interesting game. If we get caught. . ." Sports James Pearse Sports Editor Win Streak Snapped In Overtime Defeat Roy Stutheit, a graduate student in English, was very articulate in his comments. "The ratings don't mean much. They are a publicity stunt; just something for the wire services to do." As far as Cipriano's coaching goes, the Cook native says, I m indifferent as long as he wins. No one likes to lose. He knows more than the Monday morning quarter- oacKs. Jim Johnson, a sophomore from Omaha, gets right to the crux of the matter, and wraps up all the criticism leveled at the basketball team. "Cipriano knows what he is doing. If we're ahead, we stay mere. Oklahoma City University ended Nebraska's winning streak at seven games last night with an 85-81 overtime victory. Gary Wells netted six points of his game-leading 27 points m the overtime period to boost the Chiefs past stub born Nebraska. The regulation game ended m a 77-77 tie after Oklahoma City failed in a last ditch at tempt to score the game win ning basket. Nebraska scored first in the overtime as Nate Branch stuf fed in a layup. With 3:28 to go in the five minute extra period, OCU's O'Brian fouled Grant Sim mons. Simmons converted the one and one situation to give the Huskers an 81-77 lead. Then Wells took charge. He hit a basket to cut the lead to 81-79. " After Ware converted two free throws to tie the game, OCU went into a stall. With 1:30 to go In the extra period they began to deliberately work for a final shot. Working a little too caut iously, Wells was tied up by Grant Simmons near mid- court with eleven seconds re maining. OCU controlled the tip, but Ware was immediately tied up by Willie Campbell with eight seconds to go. Campbell won the tip but Wells got the ball and hit his shot with only three seconds on the clock. With the score 83-81 Nebras ka had three seconds to work for a shot. On the pass in bounds to Grant Simmons the ball was lost to OCU. Wells took the pass on the OCU in bounds play and put his final shot home at the buzzer to seal the Chief's vic tory at 85-81. Though it was a disappoint ing loss to the number nine ranked Huskers, Coach Joe Cipriano was pleased at the way they came back in the second half. During a four to five min ute span at the close of the first half and at the opening of the second half, OCU out scored the Huskers 16 to 0, and jumped from a three point deficit to a thirteen lead. But led by Grant Simmons, who had fourteen of his twenty-four points in the sec ond half, the Huskers came back. Playing against a team that likes to run even more than Nebraska the Huskers com pletely reversed the course of the contest. Outscoring the Chiefs 14 to five during one three minute stretch between the nine minute mark and the six minute mark, the Husk ers cut the OCU lead to 74 70. OCU then went into a de lay game. Ron Simmons fouled Charles (Big Game) Hunter who stretched the OCU margin to 75-70. Then Grant Simmons took personal control of the bas ketball. Twice in a row he stole the ball from OCU as the Chiefs came up court, and hit lay ins after each steal to cut the Chiefs spread down to one point. Stuart Lantz put Nebraska on top with a bucket at the 3:30 mark. After a time-out, Nebraska began their control game. It worked beautifully as the clock ticked away a minute and a half. Stuart Lantz was fouled with 1:57 to go in the regula tion time and hit the free toss to give Nebraska a two point lead. But hot-handed Gray con nected for OCU to tie the game and force the overtime period. Grant Simmons led Nebras ka scoring with his fine 24 point effort. Coach Cipriano called Grant s performance, "one of the finest games he's played since I've been here." Following their captain in scoring were Stuart Lantz with 17 and Willie Campbell with 13. Nate Branch, who did not score until there was less than eight minutes to go in the game, ended 'tp with a mea ger six point production. Tom Baack was also well below his average, as he hit for only nine points. Wells led OCU scoring with his 27 points. Behind h i m were Gray with 23 and Ware with 14. Nebraska returns to Big Eight conference action Sat urday night. . Iowa State University will be in Lincoln with their tw sophomore sensations D o Smith and Raul Duarte. Coach Cipriano believes his Huskers will take a day two off to prepare for the Cy clone invasion. Two Join Freshman Capers C7 Two mid-year high school I graduates with outstanding basketball credentials have enrolled at the University of Nebraska and joined the Husk er frosh team, Coach Joe Cip- nano has announced. Mike Jordan, 6-6 center. hails from Jordan High School in Los Angeles, Calif., while Tom Line, 6-3 guard or for ward, is a product of Hamil ton High in Los Angeles. Jordan averaged 18 points per game as the center on the Jordan team which posted an 18-0 record and won the Los Angeles City championship, Averaging iz reoounas per game, Mike was voted the Most Valuable Player of the city tournament which his team won. 101-100. Line averaged 23 points per game enroute to all league honors. He was voted to the All City Tournament team as a junior last year. 3rir SHTRTMAKERS t U 1 f H i "iii :4 is J4 1 Batiste Oxford Hugger Cool, crisp cotton batiste oxford in a half sleeve button-down with trim tapered body. It makes a handsome shirt for summer wearing. $7.00 i Captain' tflalh I UNIVMSITY Of NfMASKA UNCOLN SAVINGS EVENT RCA CAMDEN COLUMBIA HARMONY . . . 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Vanderbilt (16-3) 133 8. St. Joseph's (Pa.) (15-4) 109 9. Nebraska (14-2) 48 10. Michigan (12-5) 37 AP Top Ten Records of fames through February 5 In parentheses. 1. Kentucky (17-0) ..' 941 2. Duke (15-1) 204 3. loyola Hill.) (16-1) 210 4. Texas Western (16-0) 505 5. Vanderbilt (16-3) 177 6. Providence (15-1) 176 7. Kansas (15-3) 117 8. St. Joseph's (15-4) 106 9. Nebraska (14-2) 60 10. Michigan (12-5) 33 first time in history that Ne braska has swept the Okla' homa series. It was the Nebraska press which gave the Huskers the momentum to move to as much as a fourteen point lead in the second half, after lead ing 48-41 at the intermission. Sophomore Tom Baack led the Husker scoring with a 25 point effort. It was Baack who connected from his favorite corner spot to keep Nebraska out in front when it appeared Oklahoma had the momentum to catch the Huskers. The other four starters also hit in double figures to round out a well-balanced offensive night. Captain Grant Simmons had 18 points, Nate Branch hit for 17, and Willie Campbell and Stuart Lantz both tallied 11 points. Leading the fast moving Sooner attack was hot-shooting junior guard Jim Johnson with 25 points. Sophomore sensations Willie Rogers and Don Sidle had 24 and 20 points respectively. The first half was a see saw affair with the game be ing tied nine times. Nebraska's press and run offense took hoM of the Soon ers in the opening minutes i f the second half, and the Husx ers held 73-62 lead with 7:23 to go. Then came the Sooner charge. But Cipriano's crew, playing a deliberate offense, hung , on and clinched die vic tory when Grant Simmors connected on four free throws in the last 38 seconds. S . till M Don? t Joe Nebraska's Bob Devanev has some words of ; wisdc i for his basketball counterpart. Joe Cipriano. . , "Tin going to tell Joe," he starts in Devaneyese, "that f he wins the basketball title, e should skip going ' the tour nament . . . those post-season games mean only trouble." Select Union Bowlers Tryouts for the Nebraska Union bowling team will be held February 12, at the Ne braska Unoion starting time is 9:30 a.m. The contestants will bowl nine games on the twelfth and the high scorers will pro ceed to the finals, where they will bowl an additional nine games. Men selected for the team will be determined on the basis of total pinfall for the eighteen game route. To be eligible, participant; must be undergrads carryir ; no less than twelve hours an J have an accumulated grade point of 2.0. Sign up and further infor mation are at the games deslc of the Nebraska Union. ACCOUNTANTS, CHEMISTS, ChE's, ME PHYSICISTS mf '' ci f -""I I ; m 3k ! .V-'.' - - . . Yon only know I i the half of it Our business no longer hangs by a fiher-cellulosic or otherwise. Far from ft. 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